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re: What is it like being an Alabama fan?
Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:31 pm to lewis and herschel
Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:31 pm to lewis and herschel
Question is when Saban retires and Alabama has some lean years you’ll really see who the true fans are and who were the band wagon fans
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Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:35 pm to SanAg
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since Saban’s run, they go in to pretty much every season with an expectation of a natty, and if you don’t get it it’s a total failure.
Disappointing yes. Failure? Not at all. We’ve lost several championship games and it sucks, but we know Saban will reload, rebuild and be in the hunt again the next year. Two straight after 2010 Iron Bowl. Three more after the Kick Six. Bounced back again after the CFP Ohio State loss and to Clemson. I think we’ll live.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:41 pm to SanAg
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What is it like being an Alabama fan?
Most have a superior ability to wipe out the yrs between Bear and Nick... I guess that is like being in a coma and waking up yrs later with big memory gap.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:41 pm to SanAg
For those of us who were born post-Bear but can vividly remember basically from Curry era on?
I'm enjoying it while I can, and trying to remind myself I'm witnessing history. I don't know if those folks watching the Yankees or Celtics go on their historic runs knew what they were watching, but I'm just trying to savor it as much as possible. Of course living in the era of YouTube highlights makes it very easy to remember every championship.
I'm enjoying it while I can, and trying to remind myself I'm witnessing history. I don't know if those folks watching the Yankees or Celtics go on their historic runs knew what they were watching, but I'm just trying to savor it as much as possible. Of course living in the era of YouTube highlights makes it very easy to remember every championship.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 2:48 pm to SanAg
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Genuinely honest question - since Saban’s run, they go in to pretty much every season with an expectation of a natty, and if you don’t get it it’s a total failure. There is basically no room for pleasant surprises in your team. To me it almost makes the seasons less fun.
It's hard to say. Yes, anything less than a natty tends to be disappointing. No one EXPECTED a natty last year...but then we got close enough for it to sting.
It also diminshes the "smaller" accomplishments. The 1999 SEC championship was HUGE back in the day, as was beating Florida in the swampt that same year. Or beating Auburn in 1990. Now it's all just expected.
Still, I woudln't trade it with anyone. Who would?
Yes it's still very fun. And no I don't like close games. That's why 2020 was so fun.
It always also carries with it the foreboding of wondering when it will all come to an end, what life after Saban will be like, and will our fanbase meltdown?
This post was edited on 8/23/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 8/23/22 at 3:00 pm to GetmorewithLes
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Most have a superior ability to wipe out the yrs between Bear and Nick.
Why would we do that when we won a national title and two SEC championships during that time?
Posted on 8/23/22 at 3:45 pm to SanAg
A successful season is one where we beat Tennessee.
Anything else is just gravy.
Anything else is just gravy.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 3:54 pm to alphaandomega
I grew up in the Bryant era and totally took it for granted. After a series of bad coaches and mediocre teams I wasn't sure we'd ever win a natty again until Stallings did it in 92, then another long stretch in the wilderness until Saban. Now I enjoy and appreciate every win. The other thing is that since he arrived I don't get apoplectic after a loss, even in a championship game, because I'm confident we'll be back in the picture the next year.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 4:03 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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Like getting a blowjob from one supermodel while another lets you play with her tits. Every. Single. Day.
Every day? Even when Georgia won the rematch natty?
Posted on 8/23/22 at 7:16 pm to Jacknola
Thank you for your service sir!
Posted on 8/23/22 at 7:21 pm to SanAg
Posted on 8/23/22 at 7:30 pm to SanAg
Your family tree doesn’t have a lot of branches.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 7:31 pm to SanAg
If you have to ask, you really wouldn’t understand…..
Posted on 8/23/22 at 7:36 pm to GetmorewithLes
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Most have a superior ability to wipe out the yrs between Bear and Nick
Nothing compares to LSU fans pretending 100 years of football never happened.
We also won as many national championships in those years you say we ignore as you did
Posted on 8/23/22 at 8:28 pm to SanAg
I honestly cared WAY more in the Shula days. I’m so glad Bama is on this historic run, but at the same time I miss waking up and being nervous all day about if we were gonna win. Nowadays most games are over by halftime. Don’t get me wrong, I like it better this way. I just miss every week being a close game sometimes.
I know this run will end at some point. I’m just glad my sons and I were here to see it.
I know this run will end at some point. I’m just glad my sons and I were here to see it.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 8:31 pm to lsuson
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What is it like being an Alabama fan?
Posted on 8/23/22 at 9:08 pm to SanAg
2009 was great, finally getting out of the abyss and destroying the Texas program who had been on a nice run was a lot of fun.
Expected to do well going forward, didn’t expect it to be as great as it has been. This run probably won’t ever be topped and being a part of it is something only Bama fans will ever understand.
Expected to do well going forward, didn’t expect it to be as great as it has been. This run probably won’t ever be topped and being a part of it is something only Bama fans will ever understand.
Posted on 8/23/22 at 9:09 pm to SanAg
If we weren't so fricking good Idk if I'd really care anymore
How do you watch modern cfb knowing your team has no shot at the playoffs? Id think it would be boring and frustrating
How do you watch modern cfb knowing your team has no shot at the playoffs? Id think it would be boring and frustrating
This post was edited on 8/23/22 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 8/23/22 at 9:22 pm to SanAg
Imagine your entire life, and all your social relationships revolving around the football team of a school that you never went to. Your fanhood of this team is most significant social marker. Your knowledge of the sport is minimal for someone who makes a team their entire personality, and subconsciously the only reason you even care so deeply is bc being a Bama fan, Christian, and republican are the only way you know how to fit in and you have major daddy issues so youll do anything not to disappoint him even tho he’s actually a drunk redneck POS. Since you’ve so deeply convinced yourself that Bama football is important in your small, small world that is your backwards rural hometown, when things don’t go Bama’s/ your way you let it affect your emotions and you take it out on your poor helpless dog. You are also single and an incel bc you are an only child
Posted on 8/23/22 at 9:24 pm to SanAg
Sustained? 10 wins twice in 6 years. Really?
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